Millennials are less car-focused than older Americans and previous generations of young people, and their transportation behaviors continue to change in ways that reduce driving. Now is the time for the nation’s transportation policies to acknowledge, accommodate and support Millennials’ demands for a greater array of transportation choices.

The MBTA is beginning a one-year pilot program tonight that will run the subway and key bus routes for an additional hour and a half on Friday and Saturday nights. As with any pilot program, however, if we don't use it, we're going to lose it.

This is the first of a series of regular progress report issued by Transportation for Massachusetts, Conservation Law Foundation and MASSPIRG to evaluate the health of the Commonwealth's transportation system and the implementation of the Transportation Finance Act. Clearly, available funds cannot meet all of the state's pressing transportation needs. Therefore, full and timely implementation of the Act is imperative for this law to achieve its goal of addressing the most burning needs of the state's transportation system and to set the stage for future legislatures and administrations to continue their work to fund the transportation needs of all our residents.

As Millennials lead a national shift away from driving, universities like Harvard and UMass Boston are giving students new options for getting around and becoming innovators in transportation policy, according to a new report released today.